Asia Armenia Armenian and Artsakh Ombudsmen Kristine Grigoryan and Gegham Stepanyan issued a statement on the occasion of the 34th anniversary of the Sumgait massacres recalling the dramas Armenian citizens of the town were subjected to
Asia Bhutan Local vets are working with an international team to try to trace the origins of a mysterious disease in a rare tiger that is stunned and wandering around the city
Asia China The country launched a Long March 4C rocket at the Jiuquan Satellite Center in China's Gobi Desert to deploy an earth-observation radar satellite yesterday, reports China Aerospace Science & Technology Corp, the nation's leading space contractor
Asia South Korea Hana Bank said yesterday it will expand its wealth management services to trading art pieces - both physical and digital - amid growing retail demand for alternative assets
Asia Jordan The head of the Jordanian community in Ukraine - 2.606 people, of which 727 university students enrolled in 37 universities across the country - said that evacuating by land is “almost impossible” and that online communication is non-existent
Asia Brunei Three committees have been set up to focus on creating projects to implement development efforts towards the achievement of Brunei Vision 2035
Asia Israel The first Lego shop in the country will open in Tel Aviv before the summer, as Lego toys company announced
Asia Kyrgyzstan The country has observed electoral silence ahead of the rerun of parliamentary elections in Bishkek districts
Asia India The country abstained on a US-sponsored UN Security Council resolution that "deplores in the strongest terms" Russia's "aggression" against Ukraine, New Delhi said dialogue was the only answer to resolving differences and disputes
Asia East Timor The construction of the Tibar Port is 72% completed; once operational, it will replace the port of Dili, facilitating the movement of imported and exported goods, with a capacity to handle one million containers per year
Asia Turkmenistan A new technology for the use of liquorice root in food products has been developed in the laboratory of the Technology Centre of the Turkmenistan Academy of Sciences; bread was the first product enriched with glycyrrhizic acid
Asia Kazakhstan The government announced that it expects to receive the preliminary results of the investigation into the January protests in mid-March, while moving to arrest the former defence minister, Murat Bektanov, accusing him of inaction during the unrest
Asia Taiwan Manufacturing giant Hon Hai Precision Industry Co, which has broken into the electric vehicle market, is expected to deliver its first electric buses to Kaohsiung conglomerate San Ti Group next month